The full Meredith Music Festival 2014 lineup has been announced and the crown jewel of Victoria’s summer music calendar has once again delivered a characteristically enviable and eclectic bill.
Following on from festival matriarch Aunty Meredith announcing Philly fuzz rockers The War On Drugs as the first band of the Meredith 2014 lineup, owing to their latest opus Lost In The Dream being her (and one of our) favourite album(s) of 2014, the full selection of artists brings plenty of other musical delights.
Hitting the Supernatural Amphitheatre stage this December across three days and two nights is a far-reaching mix of Australian legends, rap icons, cutting edge electronica, funk, Bollywood, grunge, stoner rock – you name it – each and every one making their Meredith debut this year (save for one artist).
Leading the Friday night lineup alongside The War On Drugs, will be gravelly voiced Screaming Trees and QOTSA associate, Mark Lanegan; stoner rock sludge merchants Sleep; London ‘post-industrial’ trio Factory Floor, and the early AM hours given over to a live set from British techno sorcerer James Holden.
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Saturday is set to feature prolific noise rock visionary Ty Segall; the Americana delights of Phosphorescent; Wu-Tang figurehead Ghostface Killah; spiky alt-rockers Cloud Nothings; Aussie cult legends The Lemonheads; captivating Kiwi songwriter Tiny Ruins.
Saturday night will be given over to Jamaican revolutionaries The Skatalites, plus hip hop icons and Natives Tongue Posse pioneers De La Soul (11pm is the magic number), and the reunited Augie March will make their long-awaited eighth appearance at The ‘Sup (as we’d hoped) for the first time since 2006 on day two also.
The local front, as always, is a killer mix, including Brisbane cult-favourites Blank Realm (whose Grassed Inn is one of the year’s best LPs); legendary punk rock stalwarts Painters And Dockers; Teeth & Tongue, dropping tunes from the excellent Grids, and songsmith Mia Dyson, armed with tunes from her arguably best album Idyllwild.
Rounding out the Meredith 2014 lineup is premier Bollywood party funk troupe, The Bombay Royale; similarly diverse Afrobeat acrobats, The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra; an early hours Saturday set from Misty Nights; DJ Dr Phil Smith, and one of Australia’s biggest selling and enduring indie punk bands, Hard-Ons.
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One stage, zero lineup clashes, nudie runs, BYO beverages, drinks with the lineup, zero commercial sponsors, glorious campgrounds, the famed ‘No Dickheads Policy’ – Meredith’s appeals are many, making the all-important Ticket Ballot as crucial as ever.
Once again available to a limited capacity after sticking with the 500-cap reduction of last year, the first round of the Meredith 2014 Ballot was drawn this week, with subsequent rounds drawn in the coming weeks.
Ballot winners will be notified by email with a unique Meredith Key for the online box office and there’s only type of ticket: the Full Meredith Experience (three days/two nights/camping/parking) for $318.80 (+$10 b/f).
Check out the review of Meredith 2013 Day 1 here and Day 2 & 3 here
View all the photos from Meredith Music Festival 2013 in our photo gallery:
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3
Meredith Music Festival 2014 Lineup
The War On Drugs
Ty Segall
The Skatalites
Mark Lanegan
De La Soul
Augie March
Sleep
James Holden Live
Cloud Nothings
The Lemonheads
Ghostface Killah
Phosphorescent
The Bombay Royale
Factory Floor
Painters And Dockers
Mia Dyson
Tiny Ruins
The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra
Blank Realm
Misty Nights
Teeth & Tongue
Vakula
Marlon Williams
Dr Phil Smith
Hard-Ons
+ more to be announced
Meredith Music Festival 2014 Dates & Tickets
Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre
December 12th-14th, 2014
Head to http://2014.mmf.com.au/ for more info and to subscribe for the ticket ballot
Ballot draw for existing Subscribers: August 11th
